Today In History – August 3
Today in 1936 Jesse Owens wins his first gold medal of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) ...
continue readingToday in 1936 Jesse Owens wins his first gold medal of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) ...
continue readingToday in 1923 After the death of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States.August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215t...
continue readingToday in 1790 The first US census is completed, establishing the population of the United States at the time as 4 million.August 1 is the 213th day of...
continue readingToday in 1965 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.July 30 is the 211th...
continue readingToday in 1498 On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to land on the island of Trinidad.July 31...
continue readingToday in 1914 the first transcontinental telephone service begins with first conversation between New York City and San Francisco; and in1958 Presiden...
continue readingToday in 1858 Fingerprints are used for the first time to prove identity; in 1896 the city of Miami, Florida is incorporated; and in 1984 the Summer O...
continue readingToday in 1694 a Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.2012; in 1789 the United States Department of Foreign Affairs is founded, later being ...
continue readingToday in 1775 Benjamin Franklin is named Postmaster-General by the United States Congress; and in 1908 The FBI is founded.July 26 is the 207th day of ...
continue readingToday in 1956 near Nantucket Island, Italian Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51 p...
continue readingToday in 1847 after 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake Ci...
continue readingToday in 1903 the Ford Motor Company sells its first car; in 1930 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Italy kills 1,425 people; and in 1962 Telstar relays t...
continue readingToday in 1587 a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off present-day North Carolina to re-establish a deserted colony.July 22 is...
continue readingOur on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:...
continue reading164 days remain until the end of the year.Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of hi...
continue readingToday In 1980 the Summer Olympics in Moscow begin. Some Western countries, including the United States and West Germany, boycott the event; in 1996 th...
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